Police inquiries continue into crash: Toddler airlifted to Sydney

Detectives are assisting Moree police to determine how a car
crashed into a Moree house, seriously injuring a little boy.

The area’s crime manager Detective Inspector Gavin
Rattenbury told Fairfax all circumstances surrounding the crash were still
under investigation but some reports had surfaced that the driver may have
suffered from a medical condition.

A white Toyota
Hilux utility driven along Gwydir Street came to a T-intersection on
Sunnyside Road but continued driving straight through, leaving the road
and driving 10m from the gutter into the house.

The ute, driven
by a 56-year-old local man, crashed through the wall of the house into the
lounge room where the boy was injured.

The driver
provided a negative breath test at the scene.

A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said three ambulance crews were
at the scene just before 6pm.

The little boy, who suffered critical head injuries, was taken
to Moree hospital by road ambulance before being transferred to Sydney.

Officers spent much of the weekend and yesterday gathering
statements for witnesses.

Inspector Rattenbury said it was a “very traumatic and very
unfortunate set of circumstances” for all involved.

Moree community members took to Facebook to air their grief
and well wishes for the toddler and his family.

Several posts on the Moree police social networking page had
said “thoughts and prayers” were with the toddler’s family as he battles to
recover from his injuries at Westmead Children’s Hospital.

“Heart goes out to all involved” Belinda Hess posted on the
page on Sunday morning.

“To a beautiful family, our prayers are with you all at this
moment,” David and Carolyn Moore wrote.

Tracey LeRoy also sent her message to the boy’s family
adding “come home soon lil mate”.

A Sunnyside Rd resident who didn’t wish to be named said the
feeling in the street in the days after the accident was “absolutely dreadful.”

She said the toddler’s parents are well known and respected
members of the Moree community.

“Everybody knows them and everybody is just shattered,” the
woman said.